Wednesday, February 16, 2011

If you take a lamb to school...




I am sad to say one of Garbanzo Bean's babies, Lima Bean, died early last Wednesday... So the one that is still with us receives extra special care, and she is thriving.... She accompanied us on our adventures last week, we took her pretty much everywhere with us. Floppa went to the cattle auction, the sewing class, the ice cream store, Starbucks and even to the University, where she caused great commotion...: ) ....it was a pleasure to see Remy sharing all his knowledge of lambs and sheep with both students and professors, as well as a few laughs: "What kind of a dog is that...?"
It was nice to share the wonder of a lamb with other people, like a portable mini petting zoo : )

And then later in the week, I don't even remember when exactly, I helped deliver our first breach lamb...scary and wondrous at once ~

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Chaos & Mayhem

....to say the least ~

Since my last post (and yeah, sorry it's taken so long), lots of events have transpired at Sassafras Ranch:

We started lambing!
17 baby lambs now roam our pasture.

We got a pregnant cow!
Unfortunately, the calf died in utero, and the vet had to do a fetotomy.

Remy's favorite ewe, Garbanzo Bean, passed away after delivering her twins. We are now trying to bond them to Crunchy, it's been good so far... ~ although Remy was truly heartbroken...He has loved Garbanzo since the moment he saw her. Last summer, she gave him his favorite lambs: Cocoa & Bergamot. She delivered Lima Bean & Floppy (both black, one of them with bunny-like floppy ears) last Saturday, and passed away on Tuesday.... Remy has been really good about helping them feed and he even lies down with them in the barn so they aren't lonely

Oh Yeah, and I lost my camera! ...and then I dropped the i-pod and it broke! ...so, sorry, no pics... : (